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Vu-File
By Walt Johnson (PUG) June ’9

VuFile is a great database prune ee. It becomes even sore
valuable when used with an 80 Column printer. With these
eee changes to the Basic prograa, you can have full printer
control. You can, from the keyboard, easily switch back and
forth between the 80 col. and the 2640 eae (While there
is full control of positioning, it still prints a maxiaue of
32 characters per line. -- see final note.)

Hith these cane Iwas able to print 3 coluans of 150
entries (total of 450 lines a page) of my Tax information.
They were all nicely sorted out by catagories. I used
condensed subscripts, small line ghee and margin controls.
ee haldis the paper and changed the aargins for each of the
coluans,

Ry ee is the 2988 ree Tasaan Printer Interface,
Star S610 Printer, and Sinclair bo40 Printer. This program is
written for the above, but it can be altered for othe
interfaces and printers. See Note Below. ;

How cet to the BASIC LISTING:
1. In direct command, type> MERGE "": LOAD “c* CODE: LOAD
“tasintcode" CODE then ENTER. (Note: It will wait for

steps
2 & 3.) (Note: MERGE is used to disable autostart.)
» Play Vu-File prograg tape. (Note: It will skip the SCREEN

wr

~BYTES.T-It’s not needed and will save 30 seconds in
future loads.)

. Play vour tasintcode printer software tape.

. LIST & ENTER,

How to change the BASIC PROGRAM:
‘ rae lines 30, 190 & 1000 (See Below)
. Add fines 2500 to 2604 (See Below.)

te Od

hoe

How to Save the Changed Prograar:

1. In Direct Command type: SAVE “vfile* LINE 50: SAVE c°
CODE 28288,7214: SA E "tasintcode” CODE 647146,652

2, Start Tape recorder and hit ENTER.

3. In Direct Comand type in this full line and then ENTER
VERIFY "": VERIFY “c* CODE: VERIFY "tasintcode®

4, Replay tape. NOW YOUR TAPE IS READY FOR FUTURE USE,

OPERATING THE PROGRAM:

1. In direct coasand, type> RUN 100, then ENTER. {This will
get you to the begining aenu.)

2. Select E. (or L. to LOAD a DATA Awe - ane step 3.)

3. Set up Format, STOP, then Set Data Fields, STOP
ENTER A FECORD (Enter at least one record.) STOP.

{This will give you the Comeand Nenu.)

4, Hit "9" to QUIT.

S. Select 4. Save a Record. Without giving any title hit
ENTER. This will break to .

6, Immediate Command > GOTD a {This will give the Printer
Control Menu.) :

7. With Printer(s) on, select 2. or 3. for printer desired.
Hit 4. (Sample of print). Your printer should print "Hello
Printer")

8. If 2. (80 Coluen printer: is selected, Select desired
printer codes and ENTER after each selection. (Note: At
any time, Hit 4. for Sample of type and placement)

Line Comments:
50 Paper color changed so listing can be read.
Load orders changed, :

100 Ink Changed. "a" added for Printer (Menu line.

1000 Command for printer aenu added,

2590>2504 Printer Control Menu. (Note, These line need not to
be typed in, you can clip the aenu from this article and
work fros ity Also ey gay want to select any other
contro! codes from the aanual.

80 Column Printer Control

2510 Printer control codes entered as t$.

2514 Output selection controls.

2530 The basic action line that escapes and sends codes to
rinter. (Printer aust be on.)

2600 Return to Vu-file main menu.

2601 Turns on Tasaan Interface.

2602 Turns on 2040 Printer.

2603 Gives rg of Print.

2594 Quits to basic.

Other interfaces and printers: Lines
2502)2504-put in your own selection of functions and codes.

. 2530 Use escape and control code sequence for your interface

and printer.
2601 Use your interface initializing statement.

Printer Control Menu Screen
Enter Printer Codes

Initz @1
NLQ = B4
Pica Bl
Elite 82
Cond. BS (Condensed)

ald wil ib ypanied print)

Subsc S10 (Su sa - very s@all type)
Doub] 61 (Double Strike)

LMrgn Mn = (Left Margin- n=nueber of spaces.)
RMrgn Gn _ {Right Margin)

LaSpe An/72nds of an inch Line Spacing

More codes from Manual OK.

1>Vufile

2380 column Printer
352940 Printer
4Saaple of Print.
STo Basic

{Clears all previous codes)
(Near Letter Quality)

Help Wanted: Two improvements to the program would be to get
to the Printer Control Menu directly from the Comsand Menu,
and also to get it to print in more than a 32 character line.
T haven’t been able to solve these. It means changing the
machine code. If you are able to, please cal! me at (415)
697-6212, Thanks -- WJ

Vu-File Edited Lines

50 BORDER 1: PAPER 7: INK 1; CLEAR 28287: LOAD ."@c* CO
DE : LOAD "8tascode" CODE

100 INK O: DIM #$(32): LET m=2500: LET a=28291: G0 10
USR 28288
1000 CLS : PRINT "Save a file"’"For Printer Nenu®’ "Press
ENTER then 60TO a*: 60 SUB 6000: 60 TG USR a

‘Vu-File Added Lines
2500) CLS : PRINT “Printer Setup"’*Enter Printer Codes”’

2502 PRINT "Initz @1°°"NLQ B4"’"Pica Bi"’"Elite B2"’*
Cond. B3"’*Expnd Wi°’*Subsc Si” so
2503 PRINT *Doubl ih Kn (n=nuaber)*’ *RMrgn Qn
LnSpe An/72inch.*?*More codes from Manual ok.’ Me
2504 PRINT "1>Vufile"’"2>80 Col.Printer"’"3>2040 Prtr
"4)Saaple Sp ULM caine

2510 INPUT "Enter Code";

2514 IF t$(1) >= "1" AND t$(1) <= °5* THEN 60 TO VAL t
$(1)#2599

2530 LPRINT CHR$ 27; CHR$ 27; CHRS CODE t$(1); CHR$ 27
; CHR$ VAL t$(2 TO LEN t$)

5550 60 10 2510

2600 60 TO USR a

2601 RANDOMIZE USR 64719: 60 TO 2510

2602 POKE 26703,0: POKE 26704,5: 60 TO 2510

2603 LFRINT "Hello Printer”: 60 TO 2510

2604 STOP

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INELIKEZ

1991, I
Dohenue have retired from my TS

As of January is Clack
2468 support activities. Iwill
accept ma further orders from
anyone for armgthinags: mor will TI
accept phone calls or answer
letters. except from close
friends oar fellow developers.

The reason is thics I’ve been
epending far toc much time on
cupport, and virtually nane an
Progranhinas which ts mg hebbey
and passion. Sa I'm going ta
ctop truing ta be a dealeregurus
and resume being just a@ program
mer amd mardware deveiaper.

of course I'm NOT defecting from.

the TS 2865 toa another caomputer3
the OAS isc etiltl the GHLY com
puter I Like and use. I plan toa
spend most of mu free time for
the next feu years producing
saftuare and harduvare for its
which I will make available
throueh dealers such as FNG and
Ed Grey. Uther dealers wha
would like to carry my stuff are
invited ta cantact me

What about support for ma pron

ducts? Dealers will forward arg |

problems or questions they can't
handle ta mes and I'll get
around ta dealing with them
everntuallu.

With buck. I'bkl find time maw
and then to urite articles for
UPDATE. which I've never had
time ta da.

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